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Patricia Ferguson vs Rushanara Ali

A side-by-side comparison of voting participation, party rebellion, topic focus, and recent voting overlap.

Photograph of Patricia Ferguson
Patricia Ferguson
Lab Glasgow West
vs
Photograph of Rushanara Ali
Rushanara Ali
Lab Bethnal Green and Stepney

Voting alignment

Patricia Ferguson and Rushanara Ali voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 381 shared comparable votes.

380 same votes 1 different votes 381 shared votes

Alignment only includes divisions where both MPs recorded an Aye or No vote. Tellers, absences, abstentions, and missing votes are excluded.

Topic alignment

Closest by topic
49 Aye 21 No
Tax 100% aligned 70 shared votes
49 Aye 21 No
25 Aye 24 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 49 shared votes
25 Aye 24 No
19 Aye 15 No
Education 100% aligned 34 shared votes
19 Aye 15 No
20 Aye 8 No
Housing 100% aligned 28 shared votes
20 Aye 8 No
12 Aye 14 No
Defence 100% aligned 26 shared votes
12 Aye 14 No
Most different by topic
14 Aye 11 No
Benefits 96% aligned 25 shared votes
13 Aye 12 No
49 Aye 21 No
Tax 100% aligned 70 shared votes
49 Aye 21 No
25 Aye 24 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 49 shared votes
25 Aye 24 No
19 Aye 15 No
Education 100% aligned 34 shared votes
19 Aye 15 No
20 Aye 8 No
Housing 100% aligned 28 shared votes
20 Aye 8 No

Topic alignment uses local topic tags, so a division can count towards more than one topic.

Voting record

77.4 %
5 % above average
Rank 258 of 650
Participation
76.3 %
4 % above average
Rank 280 of 650
436
563 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,793
2,349 eligible divisions
225
51.6 % of votes cast
Aye votes
1,017
56.7 % of votes cast
211
48.4 % of votes cast
No votes
776
43.3 % of votes cast
16
3.7 % of votes cast
Against party
18
1.0 % of votes cast
2 years, 0 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
16 years, 2 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

80
+9.1 vs Commons average
Rank 188 of 650
Appearances
40
-30.9 vs Commons average
Rank 469 of 650
105
-20.8 vs Commons average
Rank 258 of 650
Contributions
72
-53.8 vs Commons average
Rank 396 of 650

Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.

Financials and interests

£151,093
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,943,041
all imported IPSA years
£151,093
33 % below average
Latest expenses
£325,502
44 % above average
2
1 registered category
Registered interests
5
3 registered categories
1
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
0
matched sponsored bills

Expenses use IPSA totals for financial year 2024-25. Sponsored bill counts depend on currently imported bill sponsor metadata.

Most active voting topics

Housing
31 of 31 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
66 of 69 votes
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
#2
Environment / Climate
44 of 48 votes
Energy
18 of 20 votes
#3
Brexit / EU
186 of 211 votes
Defence
29 of 33 votes
#4
Housing
58 of 66 votes
Crime / Justice
53 of 61 votes
#5
Trade
78 of 89 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye rebel
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill Committee: Amendment 38 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
Where they voted the same
No
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 5 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
No
Aye
Customs (Tariff and Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 4) Regulations 2026 24 Jun 2026
Trade
Aye
No
Opposition Day: Puberty blockers 23 Jun 2026
No
Aye
Opposition Day Motion: Defence spending and readiness - Prime Minister's Amendment 23 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Opposition day: Defence spending and readiness 23 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: Amendment 11 22 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 22 22 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 11 22 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 4 22 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: New Clause 3 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
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